Commission Decision 2003/477/EC amending Decision 2002/251/EC to revoke the protective measures with regard to the fishery and aquaculture products imported from Thailand.

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Poultry products Crustaceans Fish products International trade Drugs

Geographical area

European Union Countries

Abstract

Article 2, paragraph 1 of Decision 2002/251/EC is replaced by the following: “Member States shall, using appropriate sampling plans and detection methods, subject each consignment of poultrymeat imported from Thailand, and each consignment of shrimps imported from Thailand and accompanied by a health certificate issued before the date of 21 September 2002, to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a danger to human health. This test must be carried out, in particular, with a view to detecting the presence of antimicrobial substances and in particular nitrofurans and their metabolites.”

Full text

English

Website

europa.eu

References - Legislation

Amends

Commission Decision 2002/251/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to poultrymeat and certain fishery and aquaculture products intended for human consumption and imported from Thailand.

Legislation | European Union | 2002

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Poultry products, Crustaceans, Fish products, International trade, Early warning system, Drugs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX